The Educator’s Guide is a patient education tool for health professionals and community-based educators who work with people who have diabetes. It is formatted as a desktop flipchart with text to guide discussions and illustrations to show the patient. It also includes a CD that features modules that patients can use on their own, a PowerPoint that can be used for presentations, and English and Spanish presentations that can be printed in PDF format. A Spanish-language version is also available.

This drop-in article promotes Diabetic Eye Disease: An Educator's Guide. Download the Word document in English or Spanish for use in your publication.

Use this article in any of your publications or newsletters to educate people about diabetic eye disease and the importance of a dilated eye exam.

A promotional card developed with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to promote the glaucoma and diabetic eye disease benefits under Medicare. The cards come in packets of 50. The cards are appropriate for distribution at health fairs, meal sites, senior centers, and other community locations.

Also available in Spanish: Tarjeta sobre los beneficios de Medicare: El Glaucoma y la Enfermedad Diabética del Ojo.

Provides a consumer-friendly forum where people can learn important information about early detection, treatment, and follow-up care for diabetic eye disease, as well as order educational materials. Diabetic Eye Disease Education Webpage.
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Information for people with diabetes. Preventing and treating diabetic eye disease (diabetic retinopathy, cataract, or glaucoma) before vision loss occurs. All people with diabetes need to get a dilated eye exam at least once a year. (5 pages)

For people who want to help promote eye health education in their communities. Contains facts about diabetic retinopathy, activity suggestions, promotional materials, and a reproducible brochure. Part of the Healthy Vision 2010 Toolkit. Also available Online. (26 pages)

A colorful magnet with tips to help people with diabetes to keep their health on TRACK.

This booklet is for people with diabetic retinopathy and their families and friends. It provides information about diabetic retinopathy and answers questions about the cause and symptoms of this progressive eye disease. Diagnosis and types of treatment are described. (19 pages)

Está publicación ha sido diseñada para personas que han sido diagnosticadas con retinopatía diabética. La publicación describe la causa, los síntomas, el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de la enfermedad.

Intended for people who have been diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy. Describes cause, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease.

Track Poster

Use these print and radio PSAs to educate people in your community about diabetic eye disease.

Order other Diabetic Eye Disease materials